Saturday, December 31, 2016

Whereas,
on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the
United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit:

"That on the first day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as
slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall
then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward,
and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including
the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the
freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or
any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.

"That the Executive will, on the first day of
January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States,
if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion
against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof,
shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in the Congress of the United
States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the
qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence
of strong countervailing testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such
State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion against the United
States."

Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the
United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of
the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion
against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and
necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three,
and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full
period of one hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and
designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof
respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the
following, to wit:

Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson,
St. John, St. Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche,
St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans)
Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and
Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also
the counties of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess
Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which
excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation
were not issued.

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose
aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said
designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free;
and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military
and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said
persons.

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to
be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I
recommend to them that, in all cases when allowed, they labor faithfully for
reasonable wages.

And I further declare and make known, that such
persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the
United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to
man vessels of all sorts in said service.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act
of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke
the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and
caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

Done at the City of Washington, this first day of
January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three,
and of the Independence of the United States of America the eighty-seventh.

Monday, December 26, 2016

I like the fictional characters I put in my novels ... even
the bad guys. While writing, I never know what characters will pop in and want
a role in the story.The characters I
create within my own mind, and who find their way onto the pages of my books,
may be nothing more than a spark of creation from my own view of life, or from small
pieces of others, who may have come in and out of my life, whether it be in a
passing glance, a momentary speck of passion, an irritation, a voice, a song, a
smile, a frown, or even a word.

But if he would actually end up in any of my books, he won’t
recognize himself.That is, unless he
notices the male character with a small dimple when he smiles, or a guy with a
bit of a tease in his voice, or the tall, handsome man who wins the heart of
the little kid, or the heart of a mistreated puppy.

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Don Pendleton, creator of The Executioner: Mack Bolan Series,
and considered "the father of action/adventure," speaks in this short
video about his writing of the Series. The first book in the Series, War Against the Mafia was
published in 1969, had numerous printings, domestic and foreign, and
Don went on to write 37 books before franchising his characters to
Halequin, and since about 900 books have been published with this Mack Bolan characters.

Don also published the Joe Copp Private Eye Series; the Ashton Ford Psychic Detective Series;Roulette, the Search for the Sunrise Killer
(with Linda Pendleton); other fiction and nonfiction books throughout
his long career. He also wrote a book for aspiring writers--The Metaphysics of the Novel, The Inner Workings of a Novel and a Novelist by Don Pendleton with Linda Pendleton. The book are in print, ebooks. The Copp Series and Ford Series are also in audio.

Don Pendleton's The Executioner
Series of Novels

37 in all.First published beginning in 1969.

Now ebooks (1-15 and 17-38).

The first three ebooks are in a
bundle, and sale priced on Monday, November 28, 2016.

War Against the Mafia:In the jungles of Southeast
Asia, no sniper was more ruthless than Mack Bolan. After twelve
years in-country, with ninety-five confirmed kills, he returns home only to
find that his father has gone berserk, slaughtering his family before taking
his own life.For the sake of his
father, Bolan declares war on the men who drove him mad—the Mafia.

Death Squad:Hunted by the police, the FBI, and every mobster
in America, Mack Bolan plans
his next attack with the help of his Death Squad, ten soldier pals from the Vietnam
battlefields.

Battle Mask:With a bounty on his head, and every cop in Los Angeles hot on his tail, Mack Bolan, with
a new look, and his own trademark cunning, infiltrates the mob syndicate.

These first three books of Don's Executioner Series are also available in print for the first time since the late 1980s.

Published by Open Road Media and available at Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iTunes, Google, indiebooks.

Friday, November 4, 2016

My
father was an avid reader, mainly mass market paperback books, although my
parents did subscribe to Book of the Month Club.Of those books I recall Kon-tiki, Payton
Place, Captain and Kings, What Makes Sammy Run, A Woman Called Fancy, all of
which I read as a kid, along with others.Daddy would read every night as soon as he finished reading the
newspaper.He always had a book in his
hand, whether he was watching TV, or just sitting in his upholstered platform
rocker in the living room.He was the
main reason I came to appreciate books as I did.After I was married, he would often give me a
bag of paperback books, usually lots of Detectives and Westerns, Louis L'Amour,
Max Brand, and a few spicy books (spicy for those days of the early
1960s).I recall reading one of the
spicy popular gems, and deciding I could write that.So one night after putting my two young
children to bed, I got out my typewriter and began to write a sexy novel.Didn't go well.I gave up on the second night.So for a time that squelched by writing
career.I told my Daddy and he just
smiled.A couple of years later, I wrote
a nonfiction children's science proposal and sent it off to NY.I soon had a response and the editor wanted
to see my manuscript when completed.Well, that scared the hell of me!I never finished the manuscript!Soon
after I did write a children's storybook but NY turned it down. I often wish my Dad was still here to
experience my writing since those days.He passed in 1978, before I seriously got back into writing. But I thank him for encouraging me to read!

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Don Pendleton's first book of his internationally best selling The
Executioner, Mack Bolan Series, originally published in paperback 47
years ago in 1969; and then re-issued 26 years again 1988; ebooks of
the series for the first time in Dec. 2014; and now again, War Against
the Mafia is in PRINT as of October 11, 2016. The next two books of the series,
Death Squad, and Battle Mask, are in print now, also.

Don Pendleton
is considered "the father of the Action/Adventure literary genre," a
term he himself coined. Random House Historical Dictionary of American
Slang, Volume II (H-O) gives derivation credit for "live large" to Don
Pendleton and his Executioner Series.

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Today
I was thinking about newsstands, those places one could drive to for national
and international newspapers, magazines, candy and cigarettes—24 hours a
day.I loved doing term papers for high
school and college.For my senior high school
Civics class I choose to do a report on the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947, also
known as the Labor-Management Relations Act.Senator Taft was the eldest son of President William Howard Taft and a Supreme
Court Justice. Fred A. Hartley, Jr, was House Representative from New Jersey.The Act caused controversy and was vetoed by President
Truman, but Congress overrode the veto and it became law.

So in those days, more than half a century ago, research
consisted of the school library and town library.I wanted a copy of the New York Times, and
from what I recall, the Times must have done an article or was doing one in the
upcoming edition, so my only chance of getting a copy of the newspaper was to go
to Los Angeles (40
minutes away) to one of the several newsstands.My fiancé and soon to be husband, drove me to buy a newspaper. I don't
recall which newsstand we went to, either one in Los Angeles
or in Hollywood,
but it seemed like going to the big city for a "big city" newspaper. And
that "big city" newspaper was thick, heavy, and huge compared to my
local daily newspaper.I recall it was
evening, and the stand was on a corner and took up a good part of the city block.
The photo I found here, is of World Book and News, in later years on N.
Cahuenga, just off Hollywood Blvd., and after 78 years in business, it closed in
2014.

All this for a term paper, and why I choose to report on
labor law, I don't know.I do know I
received an A+ for the term paper.Today
we can easily do research online, find archives of newspapers, interviews,
documents, and not have to leave our computers.Times do change, especially over decades.Sometimes it is good, sometimes not so
good.

About Me

Welcome and Enjoy!

I am a published writer. When asked what I write I often say my writing goes from “flying angels to flying bullets.” When I receive those curious looks it may be because I fail to say, “not in the same book.”

I write nonfiction books about angels and spirit communication with the Other Side, Spiritualism, and UFOs. I also write mysteries, suspense, and historical novels, and I have scripted Comic books.

Some of my writing was with my late husband, Don Pendleton, father of the Action/Adventure literary genre, creator of The Executioner: Mack Bolan Series, the Joe Copp Private Eye Series, and the Ashton Ford, Psychic Detective Series.

I have published a Kindle ebook edition of our popular nonfiction book, To Dance With Angels, which was first published in 1990. I am delighted to now have it available for Kindle, in print, and audio.

As if my books don’t keep me busy enough, I now have four Blogs, this one, and my World of Spirit Blog and the two listed below. I suppose I should mention, my four websites...they are listed in the side panel below.

I have a Ragdoll kitten, Max, and he keeps me busy keeping him out of trouble! And I am convinced he is part dog. I hope you enjoy reading the eclectic posts and please feel free to share your thoughts with me.

Favorite Quotes

"Words are things; and a small drop of ink,falling like dew upon a thought, producesthat which makes thousands, perhaps millions think."~ Lord Byron

"There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is."~ Albert Einstein

"Peace is possible. It can begin simply, over a game of chess and a cup of tea."~ Mattie J.T. Stepanek (1990-2004)"Live Large!" ~Don Pendleton (1927-1995)"We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us." ~Joseph Campbell (1904-1987)